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WAR DECLARED BETWEEN TURKEY AND RUSSIA
BERLIN CELEBRAI
S GERMAN VII
A Great Battle is Raging1
perate Fighting is in
ments Pouring Into 1
siana-Allies Are <
Operations in Belgiu
(By Awociated Pr*?.!
Berlin ia celebrating news from Po
land ot what ia termed "one ot the
greatest victories in history." Berlin
headquarters announces that the RUB
BlanB have neon clearly beatenandthat
the Russian offensive against Silesia
and Posen has been* broken. A general
retreat of the Russians in Poland,
with the Germans in pursuit, is claim
ed.
In contradiction to this the latest
official bulletin lBBued in Petrograd
declarea that the Russian cavalry and
vanguard troops are "chasing ener
getically the beaten Germans," in the
direction of Mlawa. Both sides claim
captures of prisoners, the Germans a
large number.
iFrom Warsaw comes word that a
great battle is In progress 30 miles to
tho westward ; that the German wedge
has established itself in a strategic
position and that desperate fighting is
in progreBB, with reinforcements
pouring into both Germans and Rus
sians.
In Belgium and France the Allies
are carrying on offensive operations,
begun a few days ago, slowly and
steadily. Progress Is noted in the
French official statement and it ls
believed Infantry on the two sides of
the western battle front have come
to grips at many placea, the niiiaber
of wounded indicating the desperate
nature of the struggle.
Further details from the English
coast towns bombarded by the Ger
man squadron discloses van increasing
number of victims. At the tv?M Hartle
pooLs alone the number is now offici
ally announced st 82 with 260 wound
ed. At Scarborough 17 were " killed
and it is thought the full casualty list
has not..yet .hean -out, One British
light cruiser and a torpedo boat des
troyer which engaged the Germans
lost five men killed and a, number ot
wounded.
That the German ships were hit
several times by the English coast
batteries is announced officially at
Lerlin but lt ls as?-?rted that the dam
age was slight
Austria follows up the German an
nouncement, of a victory in Poland by
the statement that the Russians are
retiring along the whole front in hot h
Galicia and Poland, and it is possible
this may mean the withdrawal of the
investing army of Russia from Prre
mysl.
Egypt has been proclaimed a Brit
ish protectorate and Lieutenant Col
onel Sir Arthur Henry McMahon has
been appointed high commissioner.
The German field marshal, Von Der
Goltz, according to late dispatches,
has been appointed military governor
ot Constantinople and acting minister
of war. A German admiral is said to
hava taken over the ministry of ma
rine.
The former imperial German chan
cellor, Prince von Buelow, now am
bassador to Italy, referring to the
German bombardment of the English
coast towns, says:
"This is simply Oie prelude of what
tho German fleet, is soon to undertake,,
which may astonish the world," .
LONDON, Dec 17.-"The Russisns
are retiring along the entire front In
Galicia and Poland."
This statement, officially issued at
Vienna, is the outstanding feature of
tonight's news from the battle fronts.
While there ia no confirmation from
other sources, auch a move on the
part of the Russians would be tn Une
with the announcements in Petrograd
dispatches that the Russians, threat
ened on both flanks, had decided to
take up new positions ' where they
could better meet the Austro-German
onslaughts from Ute Carpathaing to
the East Prussian frontier.
Should the Austro-Cerman armies,
as on previous occasions, follow the
Russians in Poland, rf tot her big bat
tle will soon be, tn progress, which
may decide whether tho Germans are
to get to Warsaw cr whether the Rus
sisas are again to threaten aa Inva
sion of Germany.
The Russian delay in fulfilling ex
pectations that they would prove a
serious menace te German territory ls
disappointing the peoples of the ?Hied
<**s??tr!es, tut military mm express
the view that it is better for Russia
to wghfc in her own te rr ?tory, where
means of commnnicatlotic would be
more on an equality.
The German and French official
communications do not disclose much
ot what I? going aa ta the west, but it
fe apparent the Allies are still on the
offensive from the coast to La Bastee
and at other points. While no marked
advances are reported, the French
claim progress, and to have organ ired
the ground Uley gained daring the
preceding days. The Germana, .ia the
other hand, assert that ?he Allies' at
tack? hara, been repulsed.
From the number of wounded reach
ing the hosp! ts ls of both tho Germana
rVest of Warsaw and Des?
Progress With Reinforce
Both Germans and Rus
Carrying on Offensive
m and France
and the Allies it 1B evident that the
lighting in Flanders today was more
severe than shown in thc officiai ; tute
monts. Correspondents report that
the hospitals again are tilling, NV iii lo
along the Dutch border continuous tir
ing can be heard.
The long expected proclamation
bringing an end to Turkish Suzerain
ty over Egypt and the eatabllsbm^nt
of a British protectorate waa officially
issued tonight The laat straw doubt
less was tlie action of thc Khedive,
who was the sultan's representative
in Egypt, but with ll lt to or no power,
In taking aldea with Turkey against
Great Britain.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur
Henry McMahon, who has been .ap
pointed high commissioner, although a
aoldier by profession, baa bad long
and varied experience BB a political
officer in India and other parts of the
east. He has been foreign secretary
in India since 1911.
Andrew A. Manning
Receives Appointment
3p#cial to Thc Intelligent?!-.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Andrew
A. Manning of Spartanburg has been
appointed to a position under the ag
ilcultural department with headquar
ters at Walhalla. He will have charge
ot tho examination of land titled in
volved in the Appalachian forest re
serve area. He la a nephew of Gov
crnor-elec Manning of Sumter.
COLUMBIA MAN
MADE TREASURER
Annual Convention of Southern
Surgical and Gynecological
Association Closes. .
(Dy Associated Pre?.)
ASHEVILLE, N. C.. Dec. 17.-Thc
twenty-seventh annual convention of
the Southern Surgical and Gynecolo
iiicui Association came to a close this
afternoon with the selection of Cin
cinnati aa the place of holding the
next annual meeting and the election
of the following officers: President,
Dr. Bacon Saunders of Ft. Worth; first
vice president. Dr. Thomas S. Cullen
of Baltimore; second vice president,
Dr. S. M. D. Clark of New Orleans:
secretary. Dr. W. D. Haggard o.vNaeh
vltle; treasurer. Dr. LeGrand Guerry
of Columbia, S. C.
Dr. Haggard and Dr. Guerry were
reelected. Dr. C. A. L. Reed of Cin
cinnati, was mur.od aa chairman of
the committee on arrangements for
the next annual meeting.
Mr. Joseph Taber Johnson of Wash
ington, D. C., and Dr. N. Shilling of
Cedar Bayon,. Texas, wore nxmed aa
honorary fellows. Mr. John Wesley
Long of Greensboro, N. C/ who haa
served as president for the past year,
becomes a member of thc council, the
governing body of the organiration
which ls compos .4 o' the former
presidents of the association.
Two More Pardons v
a _. '
Granted by Governor
-. ? ;
Special to Thc iAUUigeneer.
COLUMBIA, Dec 17.-George W. ;
Long of Greenwood, sentenced to three
years? for manslaughter and paroled '
one year ago waa pardoned thia after
noon by the governor. .-: t
A pardon was also given John J. i
Jones, tho Orangeburg County iawyer
who killed Abe Pearlstine, at Branch
ville and who was paroled on cond?
tlon that he leave the State last
March after serving part of a ten year
sentence in the penitentiary.
Berlin Aroused to
AtinAntishAttiAti? ii
luratrfwvvraTOii ti
Within Half aa Hour After Greet
Russians in Poland waa Afanes
para Appeared and tho Wa
Into Ba
(Rf AaMK&ted Pru?.) j
BERLIK, via London. Dec. 17.- i
11:10 p. ra.)-Berlin was aroused to t
enthusiasm today by the announce- I
meat ot a great Aestro-German vic
tory over the Resalaos tn Pound. Aa .
oficial bulletin announcing 'Wa eras
German
? ' ' ' I
i
NUFJN
The German cruiser N?rnberg was
the fourth vtessel to be sunk in the
great naval battle off the coast of Ar
gentina.
The Germans
Bravely
Story of Great Naval Battle Off C
.German Vessels Were Sunk
eengere Aboard
(By Associated Pr*??.)
BUENOS AYRES. Argentine, Dec.
17.-The German erasers ,sunk off the
Falkland Islands December 8 appar
ently were taken unawares by the
Blrltish at a time when neither side
was expecting an encounter. First de
tailed accounts of the battle, which
reached here today from Puerto Gal
legos, Patagonia, says the Germans
were on their way to seize the Falk
land Islands, British possessions,
when they came unexpectedly upon
a lone BrlUsh warship. Othei mem
bers of the British fleet, which were
taking on supplies from islands,
quickly closed In and the fate of Ad
miral ron Spec's squadron soon was
sealed.
Tho story of the battle was told by
passengers on the? British steamer
Orlssa. which arrived at Punta Amas
from Callao, Chile. They say that the
Germans fought bravely to the. end,
even the colliers refusing to surren
der. Losses of the British were piec
ed at eight men.
It was a formidable British squad
ron which faced the Germans. Includ
ed in it were the battleship Canopus,
the battle cruisers Invincible and In- j
flexible and the cruisers. Cornwall.
CarnaraVon. Bristol and Glasgow. The
German squadron consisted' of the |
five cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisensu;
Leipzig, N?rnberg acd Dresden.
The British squadron arrived at Port
Stanley,' Falkland Islands, December
7 to take on supplies. The next morn
ing the Canopus, guarding the en
trance to the port, sighted a hostile
warship. Four others quickly came
into view and were recognized as the
squadron of Admiral von Spee. The
German warships had left the Chil
ean islands of Juan Fernandez No
vember IS to take possession of the1
Demonstrates Progress
(By A*Md?t?d Pim.)
PARIS. Dec. 17.-(7-.06 p. m.)-No
fewer than 64 per cent of the French
wounded returned to the firing Une be
fore December 12, according to figures
supplied today by the surgical de
partment of tho ministry of war. Of
?he remainder 24 per cent, had been
given, convalescent leaves, 17 per cent
wert still in hospitals and 11-2 per
cent had been discharged from tho
anny. Three and a half per cent, of
the wounded died.
'. These statistics demonstrate the re
markable advance made in surgery
and show a lower percentage ot deaths
from wounds than in any preceding
war. '
Enthusiasm by
? Germ?n Vider/
' ?. . #
t Attstre^eraian Victory Over
ottoed Extra Editions of Pa
ola City Latterly Bashed)
Btktsj. i
issued shortly after noon. Within half
in hour extra editions of the popart
ippeared ead the whole city literally
Sashed into bunting.
American visitors, who a few days
(Continued on page twelve.) J
Warship* Dresden and N
BERG.
The Dresden got away and report?
have aince come from South America
that she waa sunk. Other report?
have bad lt Chat aho was able to reach
the port of Santa Crue.
Fought
r to the End
'.oast of Argentina, in Which Four
December 8, Told by Pas
British Steamer.
Faulkland . Islands and destroy the
I wireless station. |
Only the Canopus waa visible at
I first to the GermanB and they steamed
straight at her. The Canopus opened
I fire and the other Br lt ly h warships
I rushed ta her assistance.
The Schornhorat, Gnelaenau and
j Leipzig formed in hattie linn .and the
N?rnberg and Dresden dropped
I back. \
The British concentrated their fire
on the Scharnhorst. Admiral von
Spec's flagship. When it became evi
dent that she was doomed, her crew
assembled on the forward deck. The
Scharnhorst refused to surrender and
after an hour's fighting ploughed be
neath the wavea. The crew preserved
Ita formation as the ship went down
and cheered as the waters closed
about them. I
The Glasgow engaged the Leipzig
and sank her. .The G> elaenau went
down 8 miles from Port Stanley. The
N?rnberg attempted to escape but af
ter a pursuit of two boura was aunk.
The Carnarvon pursued the Dresden
I but waa not swift enough to overhaul
I her.
After the battle the Blrltiah picked
up 194 Germana, including a few of- 1
fleer?. Of these 100 were from the
crews of the two German colliers. An
opportunity to surrender was offered
the colliers but it waa refused and
they were sunk. ;
The croiser Cornwall wad damaged
slightly below the water line. None of
the other British warships was dam
aged. )
On December 10 funeral services
I were held by the aquadron for the .
[eight British sailors killed.
The British admiral ity report of the
I battle stated that only seven of the
?British aquadron loot their lives.
Defeated Instead of
Winning a Victory
DOUGLAS, Aria.. Dec. 17.-Instead
ot Vinning a victory, aa claimed last
night, the Carranza force operating
between Cahuta and Cima, Sonora,
waa defeated by a Maytorena detach
ment, according to report received
today. Of two hundred and fifty
Carranza troops sent south, less than
75 returned to Agua Prieta.
The Maytorena troops are report
ed awaiting the reinforcements at
Fronteras before attacking Agua Prie
ta. Maytorena now Has control of eas
tern sonora south of Agua Prieta ex
cept Naco.
Shot to Death in
a Public Rest, Room
ASHEVILLE, N. C., Dec. 1?.-Her
bert Smith was shot and instantly
ailed In a public rest room adjoining
police headquarters tonight and Wil
liam Bailey ia being held without
bail charged with the zhootlng, Th?
prisoner maintains that the death of
his companion was the reanlt of the
accidental discharge of a pistol and tn
this claim he ia substantiated by the
only eye witness of the tragedy.
Both young men- were residents of
West Asheville and hate boon play
mates aince childhood. Neither Is ont
of-his teena.
Bashing Troops te the Wea?.
THE HAGUE. Dec. 17.-According
to afternoon newspapers, the Germans
rushing large forcea through Bel
towarde the weet. It ls the tei
lhat Ute new troops are vol
iteer forces, as lt is declared most h
of thoa are fran 17 to I? years old. ' l<
gHH&fSflE^BfifflBfflL?U
DRESDEN.
Notorious Automobile
Bandit Shot to Death
Frank G. Hohl Killed by Cincinnati Polfceesss After a Sensational
Turee Hours Crime Including Daylight Robben? of Two
Banka ead Fatally Wounding One Officer.
(By AuodaWd Praia.)
CINCINNATI, Dec. 17.- Frank O.
Hohl, a notorious automobile bandit,
was sbot to death by policemen today
after a sensational three hours of
crime which included daylight rob
beries of two Cincinnati banks, theft
of an automobile and a. pistol duel
with the police, resulting in wounds
to one officer that are expected to
provo fatal. Thirteen thousand and
one hundred dollars are missing . as
the it suit of tbs bank robberies. The
police believe that Hob!, in bis wild
automobile drives, managed to pass
the money along to confederates.
Shortly after 10 a. m. Hohl entered
the West End branch of the Provi
dent Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany, at Eighth and Freeman avenue,
fired two shots at Cashier Edward
Hughes, scooped up $8,000 in cur
rency and backed through the door.
Jumping into a waiting automobile,
which had been stolen, he quickly
disappeared. Cashier Hughes fired af
ter him but the shots did not take
effect.
More than an hour later the ban
dit entered the Liberty Banking and
Savings Company at Liberty and
Freenman avenue, three blocks away,
fired two shots at Cashier George
Winters, took $5,100 in currency, ran
to his automobile and again disap
peared. The shots were so close to
Winters that he was powder-burned,
but he was uninjured.
. Almost two hours after the second
robbery Harry Bockshorn, whose
mother conducts an apartment house
on West Ninth street, told the police
that a man answering to' the descrip
tion of the bandit had entered a room
there yesterday. Three policemen
called at the room. Whea they knock
ed, the door suddenly was thrown
open end Hohl brushed psst the offi
cers, firing ss he ran. Policeman
Edward Knoul was probably fatally
wounded.
Hohl again ran tb his automobile,
which was standing at a nearby cor
ner, and bade fair to again make
good his escape. In rounding a cor
ner, however, the machine crashed
Into a telegraph pole and wee wreck
ed. The bandit jumped out and opened
fire on the two officer* who hsd pur
sued him. In the battle that followed
Hohl fell with four bullet wounds in
his body. He died shortly afterward at
a hospital.
Hohl was well known td the police
who claim he shot up an Aitones,
Penn., bank on March 3, was arrest
ed and while being conveyed to the
Pittsburgh Jail, threw a cup of coffee
in his guard's face and escaped. He
was again captured but subsequently
escaped from the Hollldsysburg,
Penn.. Jail. He was wanted, authori
ties declare, for a diamond robbery in
Kansas City more than a year ago,
where he had assumed the n?tne of
Howe. The police say Hohl usually
had a woman confederate and searcn
ls being msde for her.
Mis. Lulu Hohl, who says she is
the wife ot the bandit, was arrested
tonight but the police were unable
to find any traces of the money taken
by the. robber.
Robbed Beak la Pennsylvania.
ALTOONA. Penn., Dec 17.-Meth
ods pursued by Frank G. Hohl when
he robbed the Union Bank of Akoona
on March 23 last, were almost identl
cal with those that cost him his life
at Cincinnati today. Driving np to
the bank in a stolen '.ax I rab the ban
dit forced the paying teller from his
csge and wounded the cashier. He
took nearly $3,000 in bills from, the
safe, wounding s depositor he met at
the door aa he lett. Scattering the
crowd on the street with a fusillade
of snots, he disappeared in the taxi
cab. The machine was found aboan
doned several hours later.
Hohl was .arrested at Salem, Ohio,
April .4 He made a desperate attempt
to escape In Pittsburg while being
conveyed here.
Hohl escaped from th? Hollidays
burg jail in a sensational manner
April 12. Making a rope from the mat
tress cover In his coll, he removed
his clothing and slipped through the
bars of rn window eight feet above the
floor. The bars, which he had covered
with soap, were less than six Inches
spart. He then drew himself up to the
roof and lowered himself to the
ground with the improvised rope st
teched to a chimney.
(Hohl began hts career of crime tn
Harrisburg, his home town, uhen a
boy.
Question of Cetin Shipments
to Germany ?p io United States
Wfllingness ead Ability ol American Govearunent to Protect Ship
ments on Seas is AH That Must Be Determined to Restore
et Least Two-Thhds of the Export f
(By Aaaadtftad XVwaO
WASHINGTON^ Deo 17.-Wllli?g
ness and sblllty of the United SteSti
to protect cotton shipments on Ute
tess is all Out must be determined
to restore at least two-thirds of the
txport business wUh Germany, ia the
opinion expressed by German spin
narai Writing in answer to Inquiries
of Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
es to cotton trade conditions te Ger
many, Add ix and Cordes, of Bremen.
(Continued on page twelve.)
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1
OCCUPATIO!
RESIDENTS OF BOMBARDED
ENGLISH TOWNS RETURN
TO WORK
HOLDING INQUEST
OVER VICTIMS
The Testimony yesterday Brought
to Light Some Pathetic
(By AwocUUd Prm.)
LONDON. Dec. 17.-Residents of
the towns of Scarborough, the Hartle
pool and Whitby, which yesterday
were bombarded by German cruisers,
resumed their ordinary occupations
today. The only departure from the
regular routine was the arrival ot
crowds of camera-berring tourists, the
return of those who had fled and busy
mechanics at work repairing damage
done by the shells.
The msyor of Scarborough placard
ed the walla with posters advising
the people to keep cool, hot thia hard
ly was necessary, for beyond grief
tor the loss of friends and nieghbors
and the little pride displayed at the
attention they attracted, citisens went
about their business In a natural way.
It will not be long before all marks
of the gunfire will be removed.
The attitude of the people 01 Eng
land is much the same as of the bom
barded towns. There ls no excitement,
and the only effect of the bombard
ment ia the demand that naturalised
[Jarmans and those who have not been
naturalized shall he excluded from
areas open to a sea attach* and a
slight boom in recruiting, which had
been Blackening at the approach of
Christmas.
The Rt Hon. Thomas J. MaoNamara?
parliamentary secretary to the edmir
fclity, said the German raid waa worth
two army corps to Kitchener's army.
It to believed now that the Ger
m?n squadron included at least four
battle cruisers qt the superdread
naught class and two armored cruis
ers. The shelling of the Hertlepooio
md Scarborough waa. simultaneous,
mt Whitby was visited after the war?
mips hsd left the other towna.
There hes been some activity on the
part of the Allies in other parta of
he world. British ships bare been
jombardtng the Germana along the
Handers coast and the Turka la the
juli ot Ssros, while the Russian
Slack Sea baa sunk a German steam*
?r and an unidentified vessel, suppos? ?
kl to be a Turkish warship.
Austria, it is reported, has lost the
raining ship Beethoven, which, it it
vas being used for training purposes,
would luve at least 200 cadets aboard.
leanest' Being Beal*
HARTLEPOOL, Via London, Dec.
17.-An inquest began here today
>ver the bodies ot 79 victims of the
lennon bombardment, killed ta Har
lepool and West Hartlepool.
In opening the court the coroner
laid that never before (n English h le
ery had an inquest been held under
t similar circumstance and that he
toped the occasion would never ce
rn r sgain.
The testimony brought to light some
>athetlc cases. An old woman waa
licking ap coal dropped from cara
m the railway embankment when she
ass killed by a shell. An old man and
ito two daughters wara starting
ireakfast in the kitchen whoa a shel:
?lled all three..
A young woman went to tba house
>f her aged mother, intending to con
tact her to a place ot safety. Enter
ng the passageway sha stumbled
?ross her mother's body, A shell had
ri arced tho root and killed har? Ai el
lerty rusa, who thought the gan fir
ag waa that of Britlah ships at prac
ice, sat down unconcernedly to
ireakfast. A shell carried away the
orner of bis hom**, killing his two
grandchildren.
The verdict rendered hy the coron*
r's jory was that the deaths of the
9 persons were due to bombardment
?f the twin boroughs, "hy nil an HS j.
>f the twin borough, "by an enemy,
under the cover ot a dense fog, fired
hot and abell into the towna? killing
nany unarmed* cl villana." .
Directed at Signal statte*.
WHITBY, Dec 18.-(via Landon?
?15 a. m.)-At the incest today erar
he bodies of the two men ?lied In
he German narai raid, a coast gaari
iffleer testified thai tho entire hem
wrdment waa directed at the signal
dation. Between 100 and 160 chalka
sere fired. The first struck the cliff
ace, which gare the coast guardsmen
ima to escapo.
The Jury returned a verdict that tue*
Bett came to their deaths from i hells
bred from German ships.
rtra KBseif IS Weaaded. "*
LONDON. Dec 17.-(10:53 p, m >
rna. light cruiser Petro, and the de
?Toyer Doon were am jag the Britlah
drip* which stuck-d the German
misers raiding the .lortheaet cot?* of
England. Both were ??treck by shelia.
They lost fire mea, killed end 15
I faades ?_,__